Photo story ideas.

I am thinking of compiling, for my photo story, photographs that evoke a similar theme, all of which tell a story. I want to use the idea of capturing movement and motion in a single shot. In my photographs, I want to capture movement in everyday life, such as people dancing, cars rushing, birds flying, etc. They would depict how each action and every little movement we make forms part of what we know to be real life. Every movement is something which most of us are familiar with, yet forget to notice and acknowledge its presence and the beauty of the simple things in life.

Final DVD cover.

DVD cover draft.

Okay, so I've been playing around with Adobe Photoshop to create a rough idea of what I want my final cover (for my music video) to look like. Basically, I have a few versions of the cover I want but I can't really decide which one to use. I have yet to include more text if needed, although I'm still unsure of what text to put on a music video DVD. Here are the two best ones I made:

DVD cover ideas.

For the DVD cover of my music video, I'm thinking of using a simple layout with only a few colours. I'm  not sure what I'm going to use for the background, but I'm intending to put a photo to stretch across the front and back cover. I also want to include two cropped-out images of Angus and Julia Stone on the front cover, sort of blended into the background.  I still have to think of the text to put on it. So far, that's all I have.

Music video (draft copy).

'Chocolates & Cigarettes: The Music Video'

Music video script.

Here is the script for my music video, as follows:

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Live action film ideas.

    I am thinking of doing a music video, using a song by Angus and Julia Stone, called 'Chocolates & Cigarettes'.

    My idea is to make some sort of story based on different sequences of footage. As the music starts, the footage will show a person, face not shown, in front of a blank canvas, in another scene the same person is in front of a blank notebook, and in another,  a dark, cloudy sky. And then a row of piano keys are shown, then sheet music, then tapping fingers, fingers twirling a pen, etc. A hand is shown tearing out a blank page, then a hand grabbing a pencil, then a paintbrush being raised. A pair of trembling fingers hovering above piano keys is shown, the paintbrush tip very close to the canvas, then the pencil touching the paper.

    The person starts to slowly draw a face, of a girl. Gripping the pencil tighter, the hand draws dark tears underneath the eyes as drops of real tears fall onto the page.  A can of pens and pencils is knocked over in the process.  A dark sky appears, etc. The same person starts to paint on the canvas.  After a moment, they dip the brush in black paint and paint all over the painting. In between random sequences, the person is alternating between scribbling over the drawing, overlapping black paint on the canvas and shuffling through sheet music towards the song’s climax. Each of the scenes freeze at one point, then rewind back to the beginning, when the paper is blank, the canvas is empty and the sheet music is still in place, etc.

    The screen fades to black, then reappears with a sunny sky, then a pair of feet stepping out a door, then paper being folded into a paper boat.  The person starts to paint on the canvas, etc. except this time, with more passion/enthusiasm and a more positive attitude. The rest of the sequences become that of a more positive note as the song finishes, ending with the paper boat, sailing in a river, with a horizon in the background.